Johann Anton Leisewitz

Johann Anton Leisewitz
Born(1752-05-09)9 May 1752
Hanover, Holy Roman Empire
Died7 September 1806(1806-09-07) (aged 54)
Braunschweig

Johann Anton Leisewitz (9 May 1752 – 10 September 1806) was a German lawyer and dramatic poet, and a central figure of the Sturm und Drang era. He is best known for his only play Julius of Taranto (1774). The play, with its theme of the conflict between two brothers and the woman loved by both, is one of the most characteristic of the Sturm und Drang era. It was a major inspiration on Friedrich Schiller and especially his quintessential Sturm und Drang work The Robbers (1781).

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